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Tinka Cat

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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #150 on: January 24, 2012, 02:31:13 PM »
Quote from: urth on January 24, 2012, 01:32:14 PM
Sorry to pile on SFGate, TC, but there's a glitch on your front door:  The "Don't Miss" links right below the banner include one to this article about the new Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, dated today's date.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/23/DD4F1MR3A8.DTL

Only thing is, the article won't be live until 3am Wednesday morning. You can view the pictures, but no written content.

I had the same experience on Saturday with Sunday's Radio Waves column, although at least that link was buried on the TV & Radio page, and I had gone looking for it. Posting links to articles that aren't live = Bad user experience.

the Don't Miss link is a mistake, obviously.  "Don't Miss! (click)  Oh, too late, you missed it.. sucker!"

The Radio Waves one is not a mistake.  It's supposed to entice you to pay for a product.   Looks like it didn't work on you.. dang.
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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #151 on: May 01, 2012, 10:39:22 PM »
Why??? This error is new to me.  Posted on FB by one of my friends, should be good riddance, posted as "...and good riddens."
This stuff KILLS me.
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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #152 on: May 01, 2012, 11:40:09 PM »
Quote from: Alicat on May 01, 2012, 10:39:22 PM
Why??? This error is new to me.  Posted on FB by one of my friends, should be good riddance, posted as "...and good riddens."
This stuff KILLS me.

Yup, that's a new one on me, too, and I look for that kinda shit all the time.  But now that it's reared its ugly head once, I'm betting it shows up again. And again.
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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #153 on: May 02, 2012, 10:12:29 AM »
Quote from: urth on May 01, 2012, 11:40:09 PM
Quote from: Alicat on May 01, 2012, 10:39:22 PM
Why??? This error is new to me.  Posted on FB by one of my friends, should be good riddance, posted as "...and good riddens."
This stuff KILLS me.

Yup, that's a new one on me, too, and I look for that kinda shit all the time.  But now that it's reared its ugly head once, I'm betting it shows up again. And again.

Facebook needs spellcheck.
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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #154 on: May 02, 2012, 12:10:24 PM »
Quote from: Lightnin' Rod on May 02, 2012, 10:12:29 AM
Quote from: urth on May 01, 2012, 11:40:09 PM
Quote from: Alicat on May 01, 2012, 10:39:22 PM
Why??? This error is new to me.  Posted on FB by one of my friends, should be good riddance, posted as "...and good riddens."
This stuff KILLS me.

Yup, that's a new one on me, too, and I look for that kinda shit all the time.  But now that it's reared its ugly head once, I'm betting it shows up again. And again.

Facebook needs spellcheck.

It seems to have it on my laptop. Not on my phone, though.
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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #155 on: May 21, 2012, 02:18:50 PM »
From a comment on a Yahoo! article:

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...surly you jest....(dont call me surly) i love that line.lol,now look are you smoking that purple Yahoo! kush


i love that typo,lol,don't bogart that purple kush or I'll really get surly
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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #156 on: May 22, 2012, 08:46:26 AM »
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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #157 on: June 26, 2012, 10:21:12 PM »
Just noticed this typo in the video carousel on SFGate's front page:

"Selena Gomez Celebrates Her 118th Birthday"

My, she's aged well....

(To be fair, I'd guess these heds are fed by the same third-party provider that serves the video feeds.)

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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #158 on: October 30, 2012, 06:36:55 PM »
From the world's worst Facebook thread comes this awesome use of an apostrophe in a plural (my most hated grammatical error):

"The 49er's won the Super Bowl, the DVD was introduced to the world, and we first heard 'No Soup For You!' It's 1995 on today's 10@10 with Renee!"
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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #159 on: October 30, 2012, 09:25:14 PM »
Quote from: Here'sToYa! on October 30, 2012, 06:36:55 PM
From the world's worst Facebook thread

No kidding. It's almost remarkable how pathetic it is. I'm sorry for giving her the idea.
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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #160 on: November 20, 2012, 03:31:05 PM »
The amusing Peter Hartlaub piece on SFGate today, about how the events in "Red Dawn" could never happen (because we're, like, smart'n'stuff) contained the following sentence:

"That's a lot of disbelief to suspend — the idea that a economically struggling country of 24 million could submit a technically superior country that occupies 3.79 million square miles. I would argue the PRK's ability to occupy Millbrae, much less all of the United States."

I commented that the sentence needed a grammatical makeover: "For 'submit', substitute 'subjugate' and for 'argue', substitute 'dispute' and then maybe that sentence will make sense."

Hartlaub replied that to "submit" someone or something is an MMA term that ought to be in everyday use.  So, we're looking to MMA to improve the language now?
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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #161 on: November 20, 2012, 04:06:37 PM »
Quote from: RGMike on November 20, 2012, 03:31:05 PM
The amusing Peter Hartlaub piece on SFGate today, about how the events in "Red Dawn" could never happen (because we're, like, smart'n'stuff) contained the following sentence:

"That's a lot of disbelief to suspend — the idea that a economically struggling country of 24 million could submit a technically superior country that occupies 3.79 million square miles. I would argue the PRK's ability to occupy Millbrae, much less all of the United States."

I commented that the sentence needed a grammatical makeover: "For 'submit', substitute 'subjugate' and for 'argue', substitute 'dispute' and then maybe that sentence will make sense."

Hartlaub replied that to "submit" someone or something is an MMA term that ought to be in everyday use.  So, we're looking to MMA to improve the language now?

Better than the WWF, fwiw.  ;)   Strange usage, though.
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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #162 on: November 20, 2012, 05:20:26 PM »
Quote from: Lightnin' Rod on November 20, 2012, 04:06:37 PM
Quote from: RGMike on November 20, 2012, 03:31:05 PM
The amusing Peter Hartlaub piece on SFGate today, about how the events in "Red Dawn" could never happen (because we're, like, smart'n'stuff) contained the following sentence:

"That's a lot of disbelief to suspend — the idea that a economically struggling country of 24 million could submit a technically superior country that occupies 3.79 million square miles. I would argue the PRK's ability to occupy Millbrae, much less all of the United States."

I commented that the sentence needed a grammatical makeover: "For 'submit', substitute 'subjugate' and for 'argue', substitute 'dispute' and then maybe that sentence will make sense."

Hartlaub replied that to "submit" someone or something is an MMA term that ought to be in everyday use.  So, we're looking to MMA to improve the language now?

Better than the WWF, fwiw.  ;)   Strange usage, though.

also

"....that a economically struggling..."

should be

"...that an economically struggling..."
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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #163 on: November 20, 2012, 06:05:40 PM »
Quote from: Tinka Cat on November 20, 2012, 05:20:26 PM
Quote from: Lightnin' Rod on November 20, 2012, 04:06:37 PM
Quote from: RGMike on November 20, 2012, 03:31:05 PM
The amusing Peter Hartlaub piece on SFGate today, about how the events in "Red Dawn" could never happen (because we're, like, smart'n'stuff) contained the following sentence:

"That's a lot of disbelief to suspend — the idea that a economically struggling country of 24 million could submit a technically superior country that occupies 3.79 million square miles. I would argue the PRK's ability to occupy Millbrae, much less all of the United States."

I commented that the sentence needed a grammatical makeover: "For 'submit', substitute 'subjugate' and for 'argue', substitute 'dispute' and then maybe that sentence will make sense."

Hartlaub replied that to "submit" someone or something is an MMA term that ought to be in everyday use.  So, we're looking to MMA to improve the language now?

Better than the WWF, fwiw.  ;)   Strange usage, though.

also

"....that a economically struggling..."

should be

"...that an economically struggling..."

Props to Hartlaub, tho', for reading the comments section on his articles. LaSalle used to claim that he never did (I think he does now)
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Re: Copyedit 101
« Reply #164 on: June 26, 2013, 02:12:11 PM »
question I've always meant to ask: did the word "disambiguation" exist before Wikipedia? or did they invent it?
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